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About Sherman County observer. (Moro, Sherman County, Or.) 1897-1931 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 25, 1925)
a u turn mami p itm i m i a r.” Items of General Newt . BRIEF LOCAL NEWS C. L. I reland Editor and Publisher News Items From Kent And Near Vicinity Paragraphs on County # and Community Events ■ MORO CHURCH NEWS John Haynes is home from from a severe attack of tonsillitis. Dr. and Mrs. W. N. Morse were in The sermon Sunday morning at Delivery service from May A Son Wasco Friday on professional and the Presbyterian church will be a Paul Stout tod wife were shopping are 'made each Tuesday, Thursday business matters. consideration of the theme, “Retro A spect and Prospect,” a mediation for * Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Florer are in and Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Dellinger were the New Year. The Sunday school Portland where Mr. Florer is detain W. A. Martin and wife were visi Moro, Oregon Portland visitors this last week-end meets as usual at 19:00. ed for’eye treatment. tors this week from their home near Miss Minnie Hogue who is teach About 130 people listened to the The-ladies aid of the Methodist Walla Walla. mg Bt Dufur is home for the holi church held a sale of baked goods Robert Hoskinson and mother, days. . , in recitations, songs and pantomimes and fancy work at the Wasco cafe Mrs. M. L. Hoskinson, were jrisiting Mrs. Pratt was down to consult Dr. at the Presbyterian church last Sun last Saturday. in The Dalles last Sunday. C. U Paley of Grass Valley on Mon Urquhart, Secretary. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson recently of John M. DeMoss was a business y. Ö« ticularly varied and interesting and Oilington arrived last Tuesday to visitor last Saturday in Moro from Clinton Hartley and Mr. and Mra | at the close an offering for work in spend the holidays with Mr. and Mrs. his farm home north of Wasco. Harry Pope of Corvallis are visiting South America was taken up amount Regular communica Borgenholt here. tions each 2nd and 4th ing to »4.22. A basket ball game was staged on at the home of their parents. Mrs. Lon Freeman, daughter of Monday evening between the high Next Sunday evening the local Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Meyers has ar school team and a alumni-town team. party for the high school Saturday Masonic lodge will attend in a body rived from New York for an indefi the union service at 7 JO in the Pres Matron nite stay with her parents. Prof. W. C. Buell and family left evening which was enjoyed by all. byterian church. Thia is an annual Mias Golds Hanley, Miss Martha Miss Winifred Fortner is confined Thursday morning by auto for Fall event among Masons in which they to bed with a combination of tonsil City where they will spend the holi attending school Eugene are home omider some lesson from St. John litis and German measles. Her con days. the Evangelist. The sermon will be for the holidays LOXk? dition was reported Tuesday as im Miss Bessie Anderson left Wednes -reached by Rev. Mr. Taber of the and proved. \ hall. day evening for Portland where she Wasco Methodist church. will spend the holidays with her Meyers and Burres returned from to 0. A. C. last Friday for the Christmas parents. the Presbyterian church anil hold its vacation. The two Barnett brothers, monthly meeting on Wednesday, De Miss Mary Johnson has traded her sons of Leigh Barnett, have returned Cadillac Coupe as part payment for a cember 30th, at the home of Mrs. A number of the ladies gathered home also. late model Cadillac four passenger at the hotel Thursday afternoon and W. h- Ragsdale. Syria and Persia are the subjects under consideration. Miss Elliott, teaching at the Fair brogham. surprised Mrs. Emma Pluemke with Meets 1st and view school, stopped at Wasco for The meeting at the Gorman school days of each month. small pox vaccination before going All the young folks who are at a handkerchief shower in he nor of scheduled for Sunday, January 3rd saya her birthday. Mrs. Pluemke to hep* home where smah pox has tending the state educatwaal cen i cancelled and the next meeting will she will have another birhday . ; . ters have arrived home for the Christ Marie Peters, N. G. been prevalent oe announced later. Mr. Warren, son of Mrs. H. Black mas holidays. — wood arrived from Everett, Washing Edmund Stephens left Wednesday The revival at the Methodist &. P. Brisbin left by stage Wed- church closed last Sunday night with ton, last Friday to be with his mother. by stage for Baker, Oregon, where He expects to remain over the holi he will visit with relatives over the I a goodly number in attendance. The 2nd and 4th Wednes- days here and at Rufus. reunion at North Yamhill staged for cieancut messages of the evangelist holiday period. Christmas day?" He expects to re- and the spirit in which they were Mrs. Clyde Hearing was helping Harry Beezley, manager of the Tuesday in the preparations at the local opera house, has posters out I turn shortly after the New Year. given are much appreciated by church Ad jutant Sink home for a Christmas family announcing a jaxzy snappy dance for Roscoe Moore. Edmund Stephens i end community. Several responded reunioû. Accomodations for twenty New Yean eve. and Edgar Alley were moving spirits t.- rough out the meeting's to accept throe guests are reported underway. in a social dance given at Moro opera Christ as a personal savior, and all Born to Mr. and Mrs. James Ken professing Christians who entered Mrs. H. Blackwood who has been ailing for some time was taken to the ny, at the George Hennagin home in the local collegians, high school pu beipfully into the meeting were strengthened. The splendid attend Morse hospital Saturday where she this city Decamber 18th, a daughter. Dr. Poley attending. ance and cooperation of the com underwent a serious abdominal oper ation by Drs. Morse and Wonderlick. JAMES J. CROSSLEY , Conlee’s grocery store is being and Mrs. Wilford Bel she returned munity is much appreciated as were by Tom Her condition is reported as very given a Christnuta present this week Sunday evening from an auto trip to the special - . gospel ••• songs * • Fraser and I. M. Woods. . satisfactory. in the shape of a new floor. The work the southern border of Texas, a Sunday morning at the Methodist Students of the high school will is being done by AL Sweigle. tance of about 7000 mile», where their auto and the ladies of the party church Mr» R A. Fee ns tra wiU givo give a program at the school audi Gus Smith, of Grass Valley, was Hereby announces that he is torium on December 23. The comedy taken remained, at Me Ulen, Texas, while to The Dalles last Saturday a canaidate for the Republi skit “Not to the Swift*’ and “Obsti- by Dr. Poley where an emergency .the men folks continued their trip by Opportunity will be given for re ception of new member». Sunday can nomination for U. S. nancy” will be staged and s ipnorud operation for appendicitis was per train a further distance of about 500 school at. 10:00 a. m Mrv W. C. by he syncopating of “The Saucy formed. miles to* where thay have extensive . Senator at the May, 1926, Syucopators.” Bryant superintendent. land holdings m Ad Mexico. Mr and Mrs. B B. Bayles, of this The snow fall was welcomed at Power line tro ible on the Pacific for develop- Wasco by every on« but U*e local city, are the parents of a son, Robert x>rt of Arthur, horn at 1:30 a. m. Sunday re lived all Iwmt« activities m farmers baker when a day’s baking vas turn morning, December 20 th, at The ing sour Monday while waiting for Sherman county last Sunday, Mon the power of oven heat. The jeopar Dalles. day and Tuesday 4 The trouble was By FRANCIS H. BISSON •Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Murray and mainly confined ta wet snow break - dized dough represented a value of small daughter Ada Virginia were some 3 HO it was stated. dinner guests last Sunday at the parts of all then system in Wasco There has been some disposition to Teachers employed in Moro schools home of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Yates at county. * criticize the administration of ths Wasco. W. B. Craig and wife were visitors country's banking system for the sud- n: That on the Christmas holidays with friends and L. L. Peetz and family will enter the first of the week at the home of d • n eonapee of ____ 1925,the City relatives. M«s Dorothy Perkins and Council' of the City of Moro will Miss Lucile Baker will be at Port tain at dinner on Christmas day A. H. meat of credito tn Barnum and family of this city and from Clarinda, Iowa, where Mr. Craig offer for sale the entire issue of IMO »nd 192 L a»* »1,500 “City of Moro Auditorium land; Miss Helen Idleman at Salem; L. Barnum and E. E. Barnum and Bonds,” being twenty year serial Miss Heritage at Portland, and Miss their families from The Dalles. building trades. Mrs. Craig is a niece bonds authorized by a vote of the Chapman and Miss Pherrson at and of Mr W oods. The visitors left their F. E. Fortner returned T uesday near Corvallis. Mrs. G. A. Williams received word evening from an auto tnp to Port home December 14th, stopping at All last week of the death of her brother land. He reported that the highway Omaha and Pendleton before reach Dan Smith, at Hoople, North Dakota, was in exceptionally fine condiion reúrved to reject any and December 15th. A son, Dr. George and that no wet pavement was seen coaver, Washington, where they will Smith, residing at Pilot Rock, Ore until near Wasco. Dated 16th December, 1925. gon, was present when the summons J. L. SEARCY City Recorder of the City of Moro came. man Electric Co., and Ralph Brisbin, • ■ The old fashioned dance at Moro foreman of the company, were busy they have four daughters who are fust criticism could be -llrected at • employed as teachers in that city. manner In which the lateral R^erv. opera house last Friday evening was System functioned to th* attended by a crowd estimated at izing the load on transformers in that the optalou of many It would be that notice of final more than 300. Lunch was served !■ the County court of the State the Reserve banks delayed too ton« to WE ARE AT YOUR Oregon for the County of Sher- pot luck style at midnight. Harvey Frank L. Huiery of Rufus hit upon SERVICE , Martin and his brother Elvin were Merry Christmas and For a Happier New Year ... a Bank of Moro M oro T heatre MORO, “The Merry Widow” Christ—o Day, Friday, Decaaibw ZStb With Mae Murray and John Gilbert in the title roles. “ The Midihipman ' Saturday, Decambar 2«th Ramon Novarro in “The Midshipman”.is a story of sea raids, heart raid», and thrills galore. It is a romance of AnnMoHfi ’ naval academy life. The supporting east include Harriet Ham mond, Wesley Barry, Margaret Seddon and Crawford Kent. Admission 10c and 30c Nazimor* in “My Son” 1^ of 10 o’clock a. m h*s been fixed by said court as the time for heartag of objections to said report Admlni.tr.t.r of the Estate of Elisabeth A. Pu”n’ W. C. BryMt, Attorney i trator. , ¥926 of the old have favored us of their gffort tajee oí service during in attendance from The Dalles and assisted A. H. Barnum and other old time local callers in the calling of the old-time square dances. A second old time dance will be given at Moro opera house on January 15th. Members of the local Masonic and Eastern Star lodges will meet at the lodge rooms at 7 p. <>“ Sunday evening and march in a body to the Presbyterian church where a special service has been arranged in honor of St John’s day. Rev. Mr. Tabor of Wasco, member of the Masonic lodge, will preach the sermon. AU members and their wives and all star members and their husbands are especially invited to participate in the service. eg, of inflation. The collapee — — _ maans confined to agricukurn. »J that we do not know or appre ciate our friends and their pat ronage is in error. “Peter Pan” with Betty Bronson and Ernest Torrence m the title roles is the story of the Boy W ho W ouldn t Gro" LP- J* is a beautiful amazing photoplay depicting the story book Ines of Peter Pan, Wendy, Captain Hook, the Indians and Ptra.es and all the other famous folks boys love to know about. ■ * •_ 1_ ■__ __ U «JV. “Little Annie Rooney Yaar. Day—Friday, Jaaaary 1M With Mary Pickford in the title role. Always moro , O regon House Peters in ‘Ra Hie* Saturday, J •••ary 2 than the book and more fascinating than the Hopper, 30c Tarnish Admission 10c and 30c We thenk you far your patronage during 1925 MORO, OREGON uiini i HiiiiiiB gaaaowg i i ii ii innMKxr minima a tncur obMgatkms victim of too mach rather Sincerely’ Moro Meat Market to a gas filling station. One hundred and one mills report ing to the West Coeat Lumbermen’s association for the week ending De cetnber 5 manufactured 97,157,191 feet I Of lumber, sold 94,179,341 feet aad shipped 195347,479 feet Oregon taxpayers will be obliged to contribute 37,309,530.79 for state par poses during 192«, according to an nouncement made by the state tax commission. The 193« levy la 1292, j 000 less than that tor 1925. Klvs Thelma Martin, of Salem, prob ably has the distinction of being the first woman to serve as an officer of ‘ a barber's union la this state. At a I meeting of the Salem barbers’ union Miss Martin was elected vice-presi dent. William Hart, Umatilla county a jury in the court of Federal Judge Bt«n in Portland on a charge of haf- tag murdorod Mathew fiheochlp, Uma- fRla Indian, who died September 12, 1,24 AMuranc« that the timber will be 192« Admission 25c and 50c MORO CONFECTIONERY Hu Jury at Corvallis. was found at DeMoos attempting to navigate his auto to Wasco from Moro without gas. He was pulled to the top of the hill overlooking Was- 4 ta the picturixation of Martha Stanley's great stage success. UNEARNED CRITICISM Notice b hereby given that the un- nigued administrator of the ««tate RHanbeth A.' Dunn, deceased, ha* ¡tad in the County Court of County, State of Oregon, h“ «mat f account as such sdministra of said aetate and that Monday, OREGON tatara* to tourists. toa mites south of Itamd, has boon given by officials of the Shalvin-Hlxoa company, who have tn the tn teili« mt distribution Season’s Greetings and Best Wishes For a Prosperous New Year Ginn, Coleman & Co 4
